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why was ryan his pick over portman. it was a roll of the dice on a number of levels including engaging the medicare debate. but i don't know that this were as ready for that i don't know that they anticipated that becoming such a strong part of the debate when they chose him. >> i think he also chose him because they were comfortable with him, they liked each other. he tested him on the field and found these are two people -- >> and would like to govern with him, which in the past has usually worked out. >> nor were they, i think prepared at all for the other things now happening. because of congressman senate candidate aiken is having now paul ryan's very, very conservative views on social and cultural issues center stage. the obama campaign, as soon as ryan was picked they were going to do that regardless of aiken. aiken blew it into the national consciousness. but they weren't prepared to have that debate and to go to what maggie said earlier, about fixing problems with constituency. let's talk about the gender gap.
why was ryan his pick over portman. it was a roll of the dice on a number of levels including engaging the medicare debate. but i don't know that this were as ready for that i don't know that they anticipated that becoming such a strong part of the debate when they chose him. >> i think he also chose him because they were comfortable with him, they liked each other. he tested him on the field and found these are two people -- >> and would like to govern with him, which in the past...
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paul ryan is a part of that. but ultimately it comes down to what mitt romney does for himself. >> rose: is it different because somehow mitt romney has had a problem defining himself so far, even though he's been in the middle of the fight? >> it is different in this respect, charlie, i think, and that is that he seemed to leave himself an awful lot of work to do at the convention. he had a number of months after the primaries to define himself. instead, they kind of let the obama team define him more than they defined romney. >> rose: and did it stick? >> it appears to have stuck in one way. his unfavorable numbers are back in the range they remember in the middle of the primaries. it has not stuck in another way which is on the ballot. so far the ballot has not moved in anying significant way toward president obama, despite the deterioration in the image of governor romney. so there's this tension. the question is does it not matter this time as much that those unfavorable numbers are high? or will they catch
paul ryan is a part of that. but ultimately it comes down to what mitt romney does for himself. >> rose: is it different because somehow mitt romney has had a problem defining himself so far, even though he's been in the middle of the fight? >> it is different in this respect, charlie, i think, and that is that he seemed to leave himself an awful lot of work to do at the convention. he had a number of months after the primaries to define himself. instead, they kind of let the obama...
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and is-- is ryan the future? or-- and i think it will depend on the election-- if the republicans get smashed in this election-- if you look at the polling now, it's unlikely, but who knows -- do they go through the kind of soul-searching the democrats went through in the late 80s and 90s that gave birth to bill clinton and the whole centrist democrat movement? it's going to be interesting to watch. >> rose: you think there's a possibility if the republicans are defeated badly, they may say we have to rebuild a different party. and that party might look to itself and say are we part of the future or are we trying to hold the future back? >> that's right. i mean, are we a party that really is going to embrace immigration? are we a party that's really going to embrace minorities? are we a party that believes in fiscal responsibility but with a combination that there has to be some kind of tax revenue, and spending cuts. and i think that's the-- a lot of that will be determined in this election, not entirely, but th
and is-- is ryan the future? or-- and i think it will depend on the election-- if the republicans get smashed in this election-- if you look at the polling now, it's unlikely, but who knows -- do they go through the kind of soul-searching the democrats went through in the late 80s and 90s that gave birth to bill clinton and the whole centrist democrat movement? it's going to be interesting to watch. >> rose: you think there's a possibility if the republicans are defeated badly, they may...
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ryan. but it allows him to kick off the rest of this campaign with a boost-- a burst of energy, gwen. >> ifill: that's right there is the ticket. that is the photograph will you see in a lot of ads this is a moment n any moment from now, expect them to be joined by their families. first the balloons are beginning to fall. and convention hall, at the tampa forum. >> woodruff: from where we are signature and i will bring in david and mark at this point, david what did you think of the speech. >> you know, when i saw the excerpts i wouldn't slur it hadded pizzazz to be a fine or worthy speech but i thought he dlfered it with exceptional decency. there was a mayberry feel to it. i thought he was very strong on the part where he asked if you are worse off then four years ago. he was very passionate when he talked about enterprise. so i would say it isn't a kingly speech but he is not a kingly kind of guy. i think it was an effective speech and it certainly met his needs, how about you, mark w wh
ryan. but it allows him to kick off the rest of this campaign with a boost-- a burst of energy, gwen. >> ifill: that's right there is the ticket. that is the photograph will you see in a lot of ads this is a moment n any moment from now, expect them to be joined by their families. first the balloons are beginning to fall. and convention hall, at the tampa forum. >> woodruff: from where we are signature and i will bring in david and mark at this point, david what did you think of the...
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we will get to mitt romney and paul ryan in a moment. where is the republican party today and is that a burden for mitt romney? or more? >> they are in the polling, and matt can talk about this there is some burden to the republican brand, historically fewer people have been identified as republicans than democrats but our biggest problem is more future oriented which are the changing demographics of the country. increasingly the part of the country we are not very competitive with, african-american voters, latino voters, even asian voters is rapid my growing and we are becoming a baseball team that only plays for a few of the innings, while the other guys get all seven, or whatever. so we do have to understand that the country is changing demographically and if we don't change to appeal to that, and sell conservativism there then mathematically we are going to be in huge trouble i am not talking about 20 years from now, i am talking about now to four to eight years from now. >> rose: is there a conversation about this in tampa? >> well,
we will get to mitt romney and paul ryan in a moment. where is the republican party today and is that a burden for mitt romney? or more? >> they are in the polling, and matt can talk about this there is some burden to the republican brand, historically fewer people have been identified as republicans than democrats but our biggest problem is more future oriented which are the changing demographics of the country. increasingly the part of the country we are not very competitive with,...
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ryan. i wanted to talk to scott pelley too. there are those saying paul ryan made an effective speech and perhaps hurt himself a bit because there's some debate, certainly him with fact checkers about the plant closing and some other issues. is there much talk within the political community that ryan should have none better than to do that? >> charlie, if you're asking me -- >> rose: i am asking you. scott hasn't joined us. >> the crowd re in tampa could have cared less about it. i thought it was just an unnecessary miscalculation on his part. why say, why blame barack obama which is what he really did about a planted closing that took place when george bush was president. that was unnecessary. there were all sorts of other examples. a lot of plants have closed over the last three and-a-half years. to try to embrace that when it was his home town was incorrect. i don't think it was a big deal, i don't think it made much difference. people aren't going to remember in. >> rose: it doesn't hur
ryan. i wanted to talk to scott pelley too. there are those saying paul ryan made an effective speech and perhaps hurt himself a bit because there's some debate, certainly him with fact checkers about the plant closing and some other issues. is there much talk within the political community that ryan should have none better than to do that? >> charlie, if you're asking me -- >> rose: i am asking you. scott hasn't joined us. >> the crowd re in tampa could have cared less about...
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[cheering and applause] mitt romney and paul ryan understand this reality. our well-being at home and our a.i.g.s abroad are inextricably linked. they know our friends and allies must be able to trust us, from israel to columbia, from poland to the philippines. our allies and friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined. and our foes, our foes can have no reason to doubt our resolve because peace really does come through strength. [cheering and applause] our military capability and our technological advantage will be safe in mitt romney's hands. we must work for an opeloba economy and pursue free and fair trade to grow our exports and our influence abroad. if you are worried about the rise of china, just consider this: the united states has negotiated... the united states has ratified only three trade agreements in the last few years, and those were negotiated in the bush administration. china, china has signed 15 free trade agreements and it's in the progress of negotiating as many as 18 more. sadly, we ar abaoning the field o
[cheering and applause] mitt romney and paul ryan understand this reality. our well-being at home and our a.i.g.s abroad are inextricably linked. they know our friends and allies must be able to trust us, from israel to columbia, from poland to the philippines. our allies and friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined. and our foes, our foes can have no reason to doubt our resolve because peace really does come through strength. [cheering and applause] our...
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main seven-day forecast paul ryan, introducing him and hearing from him for the first time. >> woodruff: he won't speak. we heard from kick santorum who was the last contender, the last man standing before mitt romney nailed down this nomination. jeffrey brown down on the floor. thank you very much. you'll be with us all night tomorrow night just as you were tonight. >> brown: i will be. see you then. >> ifill: thanks to david brooks and mark shield our wing men for being here with us tonight in the berth of long fun couple of weeks of convention coverage. >> woodruff: that ends our coverage of the first night of the republican national convention. we'll be back tomorrow night first at our regular "newshour" time then again here on most pbs stations at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. for our coverage of evening two of the convention itself. we'll see you then. in the meantime, keep up with all the activities here in tampa online with our 24 hour live stream for now, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: thank you and good night. the flip flopping that was necessary? >> in the end, the most effective ads
main seven-day forecast paul ryan, introducing him and hearing from him for the first time. >> woodruff: he won't speak. we heard from kick santorum who was the last contender, the last man standing before mitt romney nailed down this nomination. jeffrey brown down on the floor. thank you very much. you'll be with us all night tomorrow night just as you were tonight. >> brown: i will be. see you then. >> ifill: thanks to david brooks and mark shield our wing men for being here...
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in part, what you said is true, ryan is currently to the right of romney. and a lot of folks saw this as a place where the tea party activists and the party, but in fact you have to remember the home state of paul ryan which is wisconsin, and was recent events and the past couple of years with the recall contest of the governor, i think this is strategic move. you know, even was thinking it would be ohio where we would choose the candidate from that state. >> ryan went to college there, there's a little bit of a bank shot. >> there's a little bit. but also, you know, ryan has the reputation for being someone whose really into policy, he has program ideas. and it gives a little bit of meat to what romney's been missing so far. i think it's a good compliment to the team. >> yeah, and i think it's a result of the polarization of political parties. since ronald reagan, republics have tended to the move to the right with their vice presidential picks. dan quail was a reach to the conservative by george h.w. bush, chaney and palen. >> interesting, let's take a ph
in part, what you said is true, ryan is currently to the right of romney. and a lot of folks saw this as a place where the tea party activists and the party, but in fact you have to remember the home state of paul ryan which is wisconsin, and was recent events and the past couple of years with the recall contest of the governor, i think this is strategic move. you know, even was thinking it would be ohio where we would choose the candidate from that state. >> ryan went to college there,...
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you saw what ryan crocker is now saying, ought to be the lessons of iraq and afghanistan. do you agree with him? >> i do. you know, and -- >> rose: we have to understand the culture, we have to understand the people, we have to understand the challenge before we go and put a lot of boots on the ground. >> and implicit in that is, i don't think we ever really understood afghanistan. i write about this early period, we didn't understand it then and though we have been fighting for more than a decade there, we still don't understand, and part of the problem is, is that americans cycle through there, i mean, our top commanders, most of them don't spend more than a year there, you know, our embassy staff, most of them are on one year tours they come in and leave over the summer months, as talking to one person that works there, he said every summer it is like somebody pushes a giant reset button on the place, so you don't are that continuity, and we send military units from, you know, one tour there in this part of the country, the next time that brigade goes to the afghanistan
you saw what ryan crocker is now saying, ought to be the lessons of iraq and afghanistan. do you agree with him? >> i do. you know, and -- >> rose: we have to understand the culture, we have to understand the people, we have to understand the challenge before we go and put a lot of boots on the ground. >> and implicit in that is, i don't think we ever really understood afghanistan. i write about this early period, we didn't understand it then and though we have been fighting...
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(cheers and applause) paul ryan and i have five steps. first by 2020 norts america will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil, our coal, our gas, our nuclear and our renewables. (cheers and applause) >> sequel's give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. when it comes to the school your child will attend every parent should have a choice and every child should have a chance. (cheers and applause) third, we will make trade work for america by forge new trade agreements. and when nations cheat in trade there will be unmistakable consequences. and forth, to assure every entrepreneur and every job creator that their investments in america will not vanish as have those in greece, we will cut the deficit and put america on track to a balanced budget. (cheers and applause) and fifth, we will champion small businesses, america's engine of job growth. that means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. it means simplifying and modernizing the regulations that hurt small
(cheers and applause) paul ryan and i have five steps. first by 2020 norts america will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil, our coal, our gas, our nuclear and our renewables. (cheers and applause) >> sequel's give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. when it comes to the school your child will attend every parent should have a choice and every child should have a chance. (cheers and applause) third, we will make...
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ryan are two guys that can come along. see, i never thought that it was a good idea for attorneys to be president anyway because-- (applause) i think attorneys are so busy, you know, they're always taught to argue everything and weigh everything and weigh both sides. and they're always, you know, they're always devil's advocating this and bifurcating this and bifurcating that, you know, all that stuff. but i think it's maybe time, what do you think, for maybe a businessman, how about that. (cheers and applause) a stellar businessman, quote, unquote, a stellar businessman. and i think it's that time. and i think if you just kind of stepped aside and mr. romney can take over, you could still use the plane. though maybe a smaller one, not that big gas guzzler that you are driving around when are you going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that. you're an ecological man, why would you want to drive that truck around. okay. well anyway, all right, i'm sorry. i can't do that to myself either. anyw
ryan are two guys that can come along. see, i never thought that it was a good idea for attorneys to be president anyway because-- (applause) i think attorneys are so busy, you know, they're always taught to argue everything and weigh everything and weigh both sides. and they're always, you know, they're always devil's advocating this and bifurcating this and bifurcating that, you know, all that stuff. but i think it's maybe time, what do you think, for maybe a businessman, how about that....
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america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now! [ cheering and applause ] now, we got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i have traveled all the country and i have seen this myself. these feelings are real, this moment is real. it's a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if american greatness is over. they wonder how those who have come before us as spirit and tenacity to lead america to a new year of greatness in the face of challenge. not to look around say, not me. but to look around say, yes, me. now, have an answer for the skeptics and naysayers the dividers and defenders of the status quo. i have faith in us. i know we can be the men and women our country calls on us to be tonight. i believe in america and our history there's only one thing missing now. leadership. it takes leadership but you don't get from reading a poll. you see, mr. president, real leaders don't poll polls, real leaders change polls. [ applause ] that's what we need. th
america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now! [ cheering and applause ] now, we got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i have traveled all the country and i have seen this myself. these feelings are real, this moment is real. it's a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if american greatness is over. they wonder how those who have come before us as spirit and tenacity to lead america to...
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and right now the only road map you have heard is the ryan budget which is what president bush tried. and i don't know if that's saleable, either. he's got a tough task. the president has a tough task because he's inherently put in a position of saying, "i have the answers, but they wouldn't let me do it" pointing to the congss. and that-- i believe that's true. but that sounds a little, you know, a little wimpo or with use itself. >> rose: governor ed rendell, "a nation of with uses: how america's leaders lost the guts to make us great." back in a moment. stay with us. jim holt is here. he writes about science for "the new yorker" and the "new york times." his least book is called, "why does the world exist?" it tells of his conversations with brilliant people who spent their lives pondering why there is something rather than nothing. in the end, there may be more questions than answers, but jim holt certainly makes the journey interesting. i am pleaseto have him here at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: how long have you been thinking about this question? >> i have been th
and right now the only road map you have heard is the ryan budget which is what president bush tried. and i don't know if that's saleable, either. he's got a tough task. the president has a tough task because he's inherently put in a position of saying, "i have the answers, but they wouldn't let me do it" pointing to the congss. and that-- i believe that's true. but that sounds a little, you know, a little wimpo or with use itself. >> rose: governor ed rendell, "a nation of...